Frazzled
Hello Monday! I’m so grateful for a new week… Last week was just Crazy! So crazy, I hardly remember all of it, aside from the fact that it was just stressful (with some fun parts sprinkled in). Let’s see, I’ll try to do at least a little recap.
- I have been working a crazy insane amount, trying to get ready for our Hearts at Home Conference we are having a booth at. This is a pretty big deal, only a few companies get picked and it is a large conference (about 4000 moms!) I am so excited, and yet it has been just complete chaos as well. For example, I ordered custom printed binders to hold my Kid Approved Meals Book. Well, I ordered them Feb. 15th, and saw it takes 19 days. GREAT! I need them by March 9th, I should have them! Then, I get a call on Friday to inform me “GREAT NEWS!” Your binders are scheduled to be shipped March 12th! UMMMM TERRIBLE NEWS! The conference is over then! I went back to read the contract, to discover that it is 19 WORKING days… UGH So of course they were closed on Friday by the time I got this news… So I am anxiously awaiting a call today to hopefully put a rush on the order.
Then, I decided I wanted to sell aprons in our booth. They are so cute! Well, the company I wanted to purchase them had a special through last Friday, but first I had to get it approved by Hearts at Home, and of course… The lady who approves things was out for surgery until mid-week. UGH. I finally was able to get approval late Monday night from someone else there, and the company did honor their special for me. PHEW!
Oh, and then there was my postcards – that came with the back printed upside down…
Everything just seems to be ending up last minute – which was not at all what I was planning… but so it goes! I’m just hoping it can all pull together by next week! EEK! Nothing like a little stress!
- We did have some fun times last week too. Tuesday I spent the day with a friend. We did some shopping and we met with a doula, as my friend and I would both love to be doula’s some day, and chatted for a good two hours. That was a lot of fun!
- Friday the kids didn’t have school, so we went to 123 JUMP (a big place with lots of big bounce houses) with 4 other moms. So there were 5 moms and 11 kids! Fun times! We even went out to lunch at Steak N’ Shake, and the kids were great! Here’s 7 of them. They had their own table – too cute!
Saturday Matt and I went to the Focus on Marriage Conference. It was excellent! A day well spent.
Last week My “The Menu Mom” Blog also got a HUGE Makeover! I Love it! Go take a look!
Okay, I better get busy with homeschool. It’s March! We’re down to the final 3 months before summer vacation! YEA!
C-
March 1st, 2010 at 10:14 am
What a busy week. Don’t forget to PRAY, ask for blessing and it will ALL work out for the better. I can’t belive its March already! Which means we will be moving cross country VERY soon. The baby will be a year old in May, it seems like I just brought her home not that long ago! Where does the time go??? Enough about me, I am praying for you for things to work out and the binders to get to you on time.
Lisa
March 1st, 2010 at 1:44 pm
It’s all relative and we all just have to roll with what we get sometimes. 10 days ago I fell on ice and broke my left wrist and had surgery. Not exactly in the plans (thank you record snowstorms in the northeast).
The next night my ex’s grandmother (mine gigi too) died @ 91 years old. He had to leave 2 days later with me barely able to care for myself.
Thursday my realtor had to literally shovel me out of my townhouse during another snowstorm to go do a walkthrough of my new house. Did I say I’m in the middle of a move? She picked me up Friday again to go to the closing (still in snow). Saturday I rented a truck and was able to drive well enough one-handed to drive my boys back and forth to the new house moving boxes. Ex had gotten stuck in Ohio at the funeral because of snow so he couldn’t help.
Thank God my 15 and 11 year old sons really stepped it up and helped out. Thank God for realtors who will shovel if needed (and bring bread and milk). Thank God for an ex who believes helping me out when I need it is supporting his children, too. Thank God for two great friends who gave up two Saturdays to pack boxes for me. Thank God for a job that I can (sort of) do from home so I still got paid. Thank God for a job in this economy. Thank God it was my left hand. Thank God it’s a broken bone and not cancer or some other life-threatening disease.
Blessed are the flexible for they will not break!
(And I’m not implying you didn’t have challenges — just wanted to be thankful for the blessings I received during my trying times)
March 1st, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Whew! this is why I only work in the cafeteria at school. My biggest possible problem is preventing a kid from throwing up in my cafeteria, other than that it is acting like mom to over 200 kids:D you know, eat your sandwich first, no I’m not opening your candy when you haven’t eaten any real food yet… etc. I love it, and for you what could be better than being your own boss and with your kids full time:D
March 1st, 2010 at 11:03 pm
So true Shannon, there is nothing better! We are completley blessed!
March 4th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
How much is overnight shipping?